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- catalog abstract ""Popular among readers of early printed fiction was the story of a merchant's wife who transformed the misfortune of exile into an opportunity for adventure. Using Boccaccio's rendering as a backdrop, this study of four chapbook versions uncovers links between the themes of the story - fortune, merchant ethics, and women's roles - and the concerns of early modern city dwellers. The author also focuses on the experimental quality of narrative prose in the early printing years."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11546104.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Popular among readers of early printed fiction was the story of a merchant's wife who transformed the misfortune of exile into an opportunity for adventure. Using Boccaccio's rendering as a backdrop, this study of four chapbook versions uncovers links between the themes of the story - fortune, merchant ethics, and women's roles - and the concerns of early modern city dwellers. The author also focuses on the experimental quality of narrative prose in the early printing years."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-261) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Boccaccian Tale: Second Day, Ninth Story -- pt. II. The German Versions. The High German Chapbook: Eine liepliche histori vnd warheit von vir kaufmendern (ca. 1490). Arigo's Decameron: A Contrastive Interlude. The Low German Chapbook: Eyne schone historie van twen kopluden vnde eyner thuchtigen framen frauwen (ca. 1493) -- pt. III. The Netherlandic Version: Van heer frederick van Jenuen in Lombaerdien (ca. 1518, 1531) -- pt. IV. The English Version: Frederyke of Jennen (1518).".
- catalog extent "x, 266 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0820425737".
- catalog isPartOf "German life and civilization ; vol. 17".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog subject "398.2/09402 20".
- catalog subject "Chapbooks History.".
- catalog subject "Folk literature, Dutch History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Folk literature, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Folk literature, German History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Merchants in literature.".
- catalog subject "PT887 .S36 1999".
- catalog subject "Tales, Medieval History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Boccaccian Tale: Second Day, Ninth Story -- pt. II. The German Versions. The High German Chapbook: Eine liepliche histori vnd warheit von vir kaufmendern (ca. 1490). Arigo's Decameron: A Contrastive Interlude. The Low German Chapbook: Eyne schone historie van twen kopluden vnde eyner thuchtigen framen frauwen (ca. 1493) -- pt. III. The Netherlandic Version: Van heer frederick van Jenuen in Lombaerdien (ca. 1518, 1531) -- pt. IV. The English Version: Frederyke of Jennen (1518).".
- catalog title "A merchant's wife on knight's adventure : permutations of a medieval tale in German, Dutch and English chapbooks around 1500 / Myra J. Heerspink Scholz.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".